Shinto is a religion of Japan involving both animistic and ancestorism worship of kami (loosely translated as "spirits"). Worship is generally conducted at Jinja (shrines) and conducted by a staff of ritual and maintenance workers under a system known as Shinshoku. This system ranks the various jobs, ranks, and status levels of those who work at the shrine.
Male Shinto Titles
Kanbe/Kantomo/Kantomono’o - Low level appointees who participated in ritual and miscellaneous tasks.
Kokuso hafuri - Provincial hafuri.
Ni hafuri - Second hafuri.
Ichi hafuri - First hafuri.
Gonhafuri - Povisional hafuri.
Hafuri - Ritualist; primarily those who aid the more senior negi with various rituals.
Daihafuri - Senior ritualist.
Sendatsu - Pilgrimage leader.
Jinin - Assistant lower-ranking priest.
Shisho - Lower-ranking priest.
Shinkan - Priest.
Kujo - Sub-assistant junior priest.
Zatsunegi - General supplicant priest.
Gonnegi - Assistant supplicant priest.
Negi - Supplicant priest.
Shoguji - Junior chief priest.
Gonguji - Assistant chief priest.
Guji - Chief priest.
Daiguji - Senior chief priest.
Gonkannushi - Assistant head priest of a shrine.
Kannushi - Head priest of a shrine.
Daikannushi - Head priest of a major shrine.
Jingushi - Head priest of a major shrine which receives imperial support.
Saishu - The Supreme Priest of the Ise Shrine; also called jingu kancho or shokan.
Female Shinto Titles
Itako - Shrine maiden.
Miko - Priestess.
Naishoten - High priestess.
Mitsue-shiro - Supreme priestess.